Game



April 1 1924. 1,488,780

J. DISKANT ET AL GAME Filed Sept. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet IN VENTORS JOHN DISK/1N7 FELIX A. SCHl/BfL a/J @M A TTORNE Y April 1, 1924. 1,488,780

J.-DISKANT ET AL GAME Filed Sept. 6. 1922 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 IN VEN TOR JOHN DIS/(AN T FELIX A. SCHUBEL 075K) 1- AP AR 50 ATT EY Patented Apr. l, 1924.

entree STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN DISKANT ANDFELIX A. SGHUBEL, OF NEWARK, AND MARY I1. APGAR, OF EAST ORANGE, NEWJERSEY.

GAME.

Application filed September 6, 1922. Serial No. 586,421.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JoI-IN DISKANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, F nnrx A. Scnrnsnn, a citizen of Ger many, residing at Newarlgcounty of Essex, and State of New Jersey, and MARY L. Ar- GAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Games, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in game playing apparatus designed to amuse the old or young of either sex, the results of the game depending solely on chance.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an apparatus circular in shape, bounded by a beaded edge and having a convexly inclined surface containing a plurality of numbered openings by which the tally of each player is determined.

Another purpose is in the provision of several independent spinning tops suited to be received in the openings of the board, said tops being separately distinguishable and having means for primarily engaging in receptive seats provided for them near the center of the board.

A further aim is to produce means whereby all of the several tops have imparted to them simultaneously a rapid whirling move ment, causing them to be automatically discharged from their seats and given an original impetus to move outwardly, in diverse directions, and continue spinning or rotating as they advance over the divergently in: clined surface of the board until intercepted in their entourage by entanglement in openings in their path or the raised edge should they escape the pitfalls.

A still further object is to provide a game that can be played by several parties in sequence, each scoring by chance, and which requires no previous experience in playing.

These objects are attained by the novel design, construction and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure l'is a plan view showing the preferred embodiment of the game.

Figure 2 is an enlarged partial transverse sectional view of the same.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary bottom plan view, parts being broken away to show interior elements.

Figure 4 is a planview showing another embodiment of the invention.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken on line 55 of Figure 4:.

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Figure 7 is a side elevational view of one of thespinning tops used in playing the game.

Figure 8 is a bottom plan view thereof.

The apparatus comprises a so called board 15, which may be stamped from sheet metal, pressed or otherwise formed from papier mach, wood or other material, the preferred form, as shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, indicating metallic construction. r

A raised bead 16 at the edge re-enforces the structure and also provides a barrier preventing articles from rollingoff the gradually inclined convex surface of the board.

lVithin the bead may be disposed a rubber band, or parts thereof, serving as feet 17 to protect the surface on which the game board is placed.

Formed in the surface of the board are two or more rows of depressed circular pockets 18, 19 and 20, spaced apart and bearing indicia of their numerical value which may vary in any preferred manner, and at the bottoms of the pockets are small apertures for a purpose further on apparent.

A cylindrical casing 21 is fixed to the underside of the board at its center and journalled therein to pass vertically through the board are a series of spindles 22 having secured to them sleeves 23 formed with crank arms 24, each arm being pivoted to links 25 projecting inward and in turn pivoted at uniformly spaced intervals to the periphery of a disc 26.

Said disc is fixed on a spindle 27 revolubly mounted in the center of the casing and having a portion extending therebelow to which is securely fixed a. horizontally extending lever 28 having a transversely elongated outer end containing two openings.

An arm 29, fixed to the lower side of the casing, is provided with a bent outer end to which is engaged one end of a helically wound tension spring 30, having its opposite hed the inner rod 31, the same extending slightly outward beyond the edge of the board and terminating in a rin or loop 32 adapted to be grasped by the lingers of a player.

The ends of the spindles :2 extending through the board contain axial openings and are formed to present cain faced clutch engaging elements 34:.

The spinning tops, the numeral 35, consist hub 86, formed with clutch eleznent. adapted to engage the mating e ernents 34; and pas ing axially through the discs and hubs stems, the upper elements 37 extending above the discs and their lower portions 38 being reduced in diameter and terminating in rounded points 39 adapted to contact with the surface or the board When spinning, the larger portions loosely fitting the spindle openings when seated therein for actuation.

In operation, the loop 32 is grasped and drawn outwardly against the pull of the spring 30, thus turning the disc and through its connections, rotating the spindles 28 carrying the tops 3:. Upon abruptly releasing the loop the spring operates to rotate the spindles in opposite direction, and by reason or" the clutches, transmit rapid rotary motion to the tops, causing them to rise out of engagement with the spindles and spin upon the surface of the board gyrating towards the edge.

As this surface is slightly conical, the tops move outwardly towards the edge of the board, their gyrations being continued by the momentum originally imparted be ing maintained for a considerable period of time, eventually ceasing at the headed edge, or upon entering into any of the several pockets disposed in their path and which being numbered, indicate the tally of the play.

The upper surface of the board may he colored in port-ions and also the tops which add to the variations of the game, as certain colors of tops and correspondingly colored sections may be assigned to one player, or combination or colors and numbers arranged in great variety.

In the modification shown in Figures 5 and 6, a solid board is indicated, the same being provided with a raised marginal bead 51 and cushion feet 52.

The upper surface 01"" the board contains two or more rows of spaced apertures 53 and 54, the generally smooth surface of the board being interrupted by a succession of curved grooves or channels 55 having single entrances 56 and 57 leading to the apertures.

The underside of the board contains an "he structure which are tired ztter covering hot-Wee to spa. 'rcling the spindle is a 66 fired at -tsend rerigid pin 67. are rotatably per ends hestated to enspindles have seinesning With the notion.

= plate Y3, the on ex ending between gui extending into readily operated. roni the ill be seen upon moving the lever, he segment will motion to 1e center spindle 63 and by no gear and piiicn co -nections, drive the spindles in which the tops are engaged in suhstantia ly the seine manner before explained at a high speed, and spinning tops having ineans co-opei cive Witn said clutches adapted to Whirl upon the surface of said hoard until intercepted by its pockets.

2. A game coin. sing board having a convex surface containing a plurality oi spaced pockets, plurality of spindles grouped at the center of said hoard,driving connections between said spindles, spring operated means for actuating said connections, clutch elements on the upper ends of said spindles, tops engageahle with said our invention, desire to secure spindles, and co-operative clutch elements on said tops, said clutch elements permitting automatic disengagement of the tops and their release to whirl upon the surface of said plate.

3. A game comprising a circular board having a beaded edge and an inclined periphery converging upwardly at the center, said board containing one or more rows of depressed apertures arranged in spaced relation, a plurality of spinning tops adapted to 'enter the mentioned apertures when in operation, seats normally receptive of said tops, said seats being grouped near the center of said board, and means for rotating all of said seats simultaneously thereby imparting spinning motion to said tops and discharging them from said seats.

at. A game comprising a board having a convex surface containing a plurality of spaced pockets, a casing secured centrally in said plate below its surface, a plurality of spindles journalled in said casing extending through the plate, clutch elements formed on the extending hollow ends of said spindles, spring actuating mechanism in said casing for rotating said spindles, means for manually setting said mechanism into operation, spinning tops normally seated on said spindles, and clutch elements carried by said tops co-operatively with the first named clutch elements, said tops being receivable in the mentioned pockets when discharged from the spindles.

5. A game comprising a board having a convex surface containing a plurality of spaced pockets, a casing secured centrally in said plate below its surface, a plurality of spindles journalled in said casing extending through the plate, a plurality of spinning tops having means for operative engagement with said spindles, cranks fixed on said spindles, a spindle journalled in the center of said casing extending through its lower side, a crank lever fixed to the last named spindle, a pull rod engaging said lever and extending through the edge of said board, a pull spring also engaging said lever at one end and a fixed point at the other, a disc fixed to the last named spindle, and connections between said disc and the cranks on the first named spindle.

This specification signed and witnessed this 26th day of August, 1922.

JOHN DISKANT.

FELIX A. SCHUBEL.

MARY L. APGrABL.

Witnesses:

MORRIS ROSENBLATT, W. H. APGAR. 

